Review
Remember the last century, our country is going through a tortuous period, war is in turmoil.
At that time, we found that many soldiers' trouser legs were always wrapped tightly around the cloth strips, as if they were deliberately tied, whether they were superiors or subordinates.
However, when it came to the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, they no longer had leggings. What role can leggings play?
Why leggings?
I still remember that China's military development is not as strong as it is now, that is our equipment or "millet plus rifle", because the military development is not very good, there is no large number of aircraft and vehicles such armored units.
No matter where they went, our soldiers could only walk by their bare legs, step by step.
However, China's area is very large, and it is a distance of several kilometers and tens of kilometers at every turn. Excessive exercise causes soldiers to produce a lot of lactic acid on their legs, and cannot be discharged, if you do not pay attention when you are in a hurry, it is easy to cause tissue contusions.
Of course, one case and two cases are small problems, and in fact this is the dilemma that all soldiers face. In this way, the pain will not only affect the progress of the entire march, but also cause additional pain to the soldiers, affecting the state.
The leggings can actually be put on the legs by putting a pressure on the legs, so that the blood in the legs can flow back, so that the blood vessels and muscles in the legs will get sufficient blood and oxygen, and the blood flow will be smoother, which can play a role in avoiding muscle soreness.
In addition, when soldiers fight in the field, they will inevitably encounter various poisonous insect bites, and they will also be scratched and bleeding by the branches and leaves on the road, and leggings can also avoid this problem to a large extent.
On the battlefield, bullets are merciless, soldiers can be wounded anywhere at any time, and soldiers are carrying weapons and food, and there is no way to give soldiers simple treatment.
If there were medical team members in the rear, it would be better to carry them back and get immediate help, but often they could not get out, and the wound was still bleeding. At this time, the straps on the legs can also act as bandages, and combined with the branches in the wild can also be used as a simple bracket.
On the whole, the leggings were the long-distance artifacts of the soldiers at that time, which is why the first thing many soldiers did when they got up was to tie the straps on the legs.
Many veterans with rich combat experience also have their own unique way of leggings, and some people will add some thin bamboo chips in the middle in order to make the leggings stronger.
Even many foreign militaries use leggings. Napoleon, for example, was a "wild spokesman" for leggings, and he personally admitted that leggings could prevent dirt from entering the shoes and reduce the soreness of soldiers' legs, which was a good piece of equipment.
So, since leggings can play such a big role, why are soldiers no longer used during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea?
Petrol bombs
When we resisted US aggression and aided Korea, we met us with US troops with powerful military strength, and they also observed that our army usually practiced leggings, and even came up with a vicious move against our side, gasoline bombs.
As the name suggests, as long as the gasoline bomb is ignited by the combustion of gasoline, the temperature after its explosion can reach thousands of degrees Celsius, if it splashes on people's bodies, the consequences are unimaginable, and the soldiers' clothes are likely to be ignited instantly.
If it was just an ordinary fire, the soldier rolled twice on the ground to extinguish the flame.
But it was gasoline, and once it was stained, it would be directly attached to the clothes in the form of liquid, and unless he could take them off immediately, no matter how he struggled, it would be useless.
It should be known that the leggings can only be guaranteed to play a role if they are tightly wrapped, and in order to prevent the middle of the battle from being scattered, the method of wrapping the cloth strip is naturally more complicated.
But when attacked by petrol bombs, it is worse than worse. The first time it was stained with flames, the soldiers could not immediately untie the straps, resulting in countless soldiers dying on the spot, which was very tragic.
Biological weapons
In addition, the US military came up with another vicious move, they used a highly infectious biological and chemical weapon to attack our army.
When our soldiers suffer leg injuries, coupled with the fact that the battle line is usually very long, the soldiers are too late to remove the straps, which will cause the wound to become more infected, and the bacteria-stained straps also accelerate the spread and the severity of the leg injuries.
Of course, this is not the first time that the US military has used chemical agents on the battlefield, when in the Vietnam War, they even spread "Agent Orange" widely, and used "empty pregnancy prolactin" on female prisoners of war, which shows the cruelty of their methods.
Being so targeted by the US side, our side has already learned a bloody lesson because of the leggings, and it is really because of this that the way of the leggings will be gradually abandoned by our soldiers.
brief summary
Facts have proved that the times are changing, people's wisdom will continue to grow with experience, no matter what it is, it will not become an eternal magic weapon.
Our concepts and methods must be constantly adapted and adjusted with the development of the torrent of things of the times, and sooner or later the same will become a weakness in the eyes of the enemy and bring us harm in the opposite direction.
Our army is deeply aware of this, and the reason why the war can be won is because our side can sum up the defeat at the first time and think of measures to solve it.
Although the US military has set its sights on the weakness of our leggings, our side has responded flexibly and eventually defeated the enemy and become the victorious side.